1934-02-01 — Page 7

BRITAIN'S GREAT -BID

FOR ARMS AGREEMENT

(Continued from Page 1.)

ANGLO-JAPANESE

[COTTON TALKS

for immediate consultation in the Mr: Okada Still Waiting

event of the Permanent Disarma į mont Commission reporting a failure by one of the parties to execute loyally the Convention; and third, defining the object of such consultation which is to exchange views as to the steps to be taken to restore the situation.

A DUTY,

"Those grovisions. would emphasise the Inescapable duty of the signatories of the Conven- violation of it and when taken tion to prevent or remedy any together with the German Chan- cellor's proposal for the conclus- ion of pacts of non-aggression, would present a sum total of socurity worthy of general ·ác- ceptance.

EQUAL RIGHTS, "Secondly, on equality of rights, His Majesty's Government declare that the practical application of the principle of equality of rights

the

Thirdly, on Disarmament, atten- tion is drawn to the voluntary renunciation by

German Chancellor in the course of a recent conversation, of affensive weapons, although the heavily armed States might not be willing to abandon their existing arma

For Instructions

London, Jan. 31.

Mr. Okada, the leader of the Japanese cotton delega ̧tion, said `to-night that "he was expecting his final instructions at any moment. Trade negotiations would begin immediately they were received In London.ms Reuter..

ADML. NIYIMA'S VISIT

DUE HERE THIS AFTERNOON

Admiral Niyima, of the Japan- is no less essential in the agree-cho Navy, arrives here today ment than that of the principle aboard the cruiser Kuma. The of security.

vessel is expected this afternoon.

To-morrow at 10.30

.m.. the Admiral will pay an official call on His Excelency the Governor, at Government House, where a guard. drawn from the of honour Lincolnshire Regiment will bo posted. At 10.45 am. the Admiral at will call on H.E. the G.O.C. Flagstaf House where a guard of honour comprising men of the It, therefore, follows that

be formed. positive contribution to disarm-1/8 Punjabis will ament by the heavily armed po- During the morning he will make wers would help to bring the scale down all round, and should Elliot. logically reduce the demande which Germany might otherwise in the day. be disposed to put forward.

menta.

DEFINITE PROPOSALS

П

His Majesty's Government Bon- sequently put forward the follow- ing proposals on the assumption that the agreement should last for ten years.

EFFECTIVES: The, Draft Con- vention suggestion was 200,000 men with 8 months' service as the average daily effectives stationed. in the home country for France, Germany Italy and Poland.

Germany claime 300,000 with 12 months' service.

call on A

Commodore Frank

The calls will be returned intor

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THE LATEST CABLED. QUOTATIONS

Potta

Messrs. Benjamin and have received by cable from their Shanghai office the folowing rub- ber share quotatione:

Jan. 24. Jan. 31.

$2.75 $2.70

Anglo-Dutch Anglo-Javan Batu Anama Chemora

His Majesty's Government con- sidor that it is a principle of parity rather than the netual Consolidateds

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figures which is important and think it should not be too difficult Tanah Meraha for these States to find accommoda- Tebongs tion between 200,000 which they | Zlangbes belleve is preferred by the major- Ity of the Powers concerned and 300,000. They would be prepared The annual speech day of St. also to aequiesce in B longer Stephen's Girls' College will be hold period of service if such is the on Friday, February 9, the function general desire.

commencing at 3 pm. Mrs. Borrett The process of standardisation will distribute the prizes and certi- com- ficates. at agreed figures should be pleted in four years, Military! training outside the army of men of military age should be prohibit ed and the prohibition checked by permanent and automatle supor- vision.

LAND WAR MATERIAL. Under the Draft Convention, the restric- tions on Germany in the matter of anti-aircraft guns would dis- appear, but it is suggested the maximum calibre of guns permament frontier and fortreas defensive systems should be fixed by international agreement.

that

In

TANK DESTRUCTION. TANKS. It is proposed that those over 30 tons be destroyed by those the end of the first year, over 20 tons by the end of the third year, and there over 16 tona by the end of the firth year. Fur- ther international examination, as contemplated in article 21 of the Draft Convention should be un dertaken and completed by the end, of the third year.

tons

unladen

carriera, above & weight, and the destruction of half the number of exlating military aircraft above three tons

by June 1936, the other half by the end of the Convention.

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Sydney, Jan. 31. Containing only one or two surprises. the Australia Test sido to tour England this spring was announced to-day, It is composed of sixteen players, thirteen of which were certainties.

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"Children's Hour"-An old English Greenwood play by Franklyn Kelsey, produced in the London studios of the British Broadcasting Corporation by Darek McCulloch,

CAST.

Foster Richardson Franklyn Kelsey Ralph Trueman.

Ralph do Roban'

Eric Stanley

Cyril Nash,

Marie Coossens at the Harp,

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A. G. Chipperfield (N. 8. W.).

A. Kippax (N. 8. W.)

8. J. McCabe (N. 8. W.)

W. A. Oldfield (N. 9. W.)

W. J. O'Reilly (Now South

Wales).

E. G. Bromley (Victoria).

BA. Barnett (Victoria).

L Darling (Victoria).

Lu

II. Ebeling (Victoria).

L. O'B. Fleetwood-Smith

toria).

W. II. Ponsford (Victoria).

(Vic

C. V. Grimmett (South Australia).

T. W. Wall (Bouth Australia).

-Reuter,

Thirteen of these players were forceast in an article published in the Telegraph yesterday, and two of the other three are somewhat surprising solections.

YOUNGSTERS GIVEN CHANCE.

Both Fingleton and Richardson have been overlooked for younger players in W. Brown, a first class forcing bat, and A. G. Chipperfield, an uncommonly useful all-rounder.

er.

The other player is R. A. Barnett, who is travelling as reserve wicket- keeper to the comparable Oldfield.

Compartively weak in attack, the Australian side is full of bats- men, and given fairly hard wickets. in England are certain to make lot of runs.

Eight of the players will be mak-

ing their first appearance on Eng- Article 85 requires that a Per-lish soll, these being Brown, Ship manent Disarmament Commission Purfield, O'Reilly, Bromley, Bar- shall immediately devote itself to nett, Darling, Ebeling and Fleet- the working out of the best pos-

wood-Smith. sible schemes providing for the

complete, abolition of military SCHOOL CRICKET

and naval aircraft which must be dependent on the effective super-

vision of civil aviation to prevent Queen's Draw With St, Its misuse for military purposes..

GERMAN PARITY.

Joseph's College

A friendly cricket match between Queon's College and St. Joseph's College, at King's Park, yesterday resulted in a draw.

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Orchestral-Gipsy Love-Selection

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De Groot and His Orchestra. Song-A Pair Well Matchod -

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(Landon Ronald),

Song--When I Am Dead. My Dearest

(Larden Ronald).

Joseph Hislop (Tenor),

Orchestral-Casino Dances

(Gungl).

Orchestrl--Love, Here in my Heart

(Silesu)

Albert Sandler and His Orchestra, Song Strew on Her Roses

(Landon Ronald).

Song-Down in the Forest

(Landon Ronald),

Joseph Hislop (Tenor). Band The Happy Warrior

(Victor Kabi),

The Band of H.M. Royal Ale

Forec

7.55-8 p.m. From the Studio

A talk on “Safety First" by "Owner

Driver."

p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.

8.3-8.10 p.m. From the Studio,

A talk on "Safety First" by Mr.

M. K. Lo.

8.10-10.30 p.m. Chinese Concert from the Studio,

10.30 pm. Rugby Mid-day Press Nows

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All relays of the Hongkong Hotel Orchestra are by courtesy of the Management and during the intervals recorded music will be.broadcast.from......

the Studio.

WATER SHORTAGE

(Continued from Page 6.)

has been likened by Ephraim the Carrier to the Widow's Cruse be- cause, as he says, "It keeps all on Keepin' on," there is constant pro: cession of women in working hours and of men, fresh in the dawning and red at dusk. Rumour tells

of the lessening of the river, of the shrinking of little tributary CORPS OF SIGNALS streams, of the drying of shallow If at the end of two years, the

wells, and a great unrest is upon Commission has not decided oh

The Y.BLC.A second eleven defeat the villages. Those who have the abolition, all countries should A valuable effort for 40 not outed the Royal Corps of Signals in a spoken ill of water have been heard be entitled to possess military airby M. Afzal saved Queen's from friendly game on the Marina ground to explain that they never meant craft, Increasing or reducing by collapse. A. A. Rumjahn did the yesterday by three goals to eno. it. Total abstainers have risen in stages in the following eight years damage, claiming seven wickets for The interval score was one goal to the public esteem, for they have

all in favour of the Y.M.C.A. s Fow so as to attain eventually figures to be agreed upon,

lor scoring soon after resumption. always acknowledged their in- Fielding netted an equaliser but be debtedness to an element that the fore tiule S. Fowler added his second thoughtless have tended to despise

or overlook.

with the principal air powers by Germany would acquire parity

these stages,

30 runs.

St. Joseph's had lost five wickets when stumps were drawn, Afzal three wickets for only two runs. followed up his fine batting by taking

TALL SCORING

Diocesan Boys School Draw

The Diocesan Boys School did ex- tremely well to fores aw with an Army cleven under the captaincy of Lt. R. J. Walker at King's Park yesterday.

Although the Army ran up the high

and W. J. Brown added the third.

GAMES CANCELLED.""'-

The fixtures between the H.K. Club and Punjabis, C.B.A. and Club do Recrelo, and Medway Ship's Company and Punjabis 2nd XI were cancelled.

LINCOLNS DEFEATED.

The Lincolnshire Regiment engaged the Navy, Lower Deck in a friendly game of hockey at Shamshulpo yes terday afternoon, and suffered defeat | by the odd goal in three..

His Majesty's Government would agree to the new German short service army being equipped with.) tanks up to six tons, which Ger-

NAVAL ARMAMENTS, many maintains are necessary for

His Majesty's Government stand defensive

MOBILE purposes. LAND GUNS. His Majesty's by the naval chapter of the Con- Government would still prefer to vention, but are prepared to make adhere to the maximum limit of 115 proposals for a simpler arrange- mm. as provided for in the Draft, ment if it is thought necessary in Convention, Article 19, are prepar-view of the near approach of the ed in order to secure a prompt and 1933 Naval Conference. general agreement to concur in Finally, in regard to supervision, the new German short service the Government will, if agreemont army being equipped with 165mm. Is reached on all other issues, total of 184 runs, which was due to Marshall scored for the Lincolns in guns which Germany

" maintains agree to the application of some consistent batting, the school are necessary for its defensive system of permanent automatic boys ran tham very close, scoring 171 armament.

supervision to come into force for seven wickets. They were indebt Guns over 350mm. Are to be with the obligations of Convention. ed to G. B. R. Sargent who played a destroyed by the and of the first In the concluding paragraph, valuable innings to be undefeated year, those over 220mm, by the end emphasis is laid on the view of His with 83. of the fourth year, and those over Majesty's Government that the ro 155mm. by the end of the seventh turn of Germany to Genova and to the League of Nations should be. an essential condition of the agree- ment.

year.

"His Majesty's Government are prepared to agree to corresponding arrangements for Austria, Hung- ory and Bulgaria in respect of › "mobile artillery and tanks,

AIR-FORCES.

Government adhere to the maxi- mum limit of 3 tons for military

·aircraft · Inid down in the Draft Convention, Article 87, and to the other provisions contained In Articles 34-4}; <

This involves, no further con- atruction of military aircraft, apart from flyingboats and troop-

CLAIMS OF ALL SIDES.

The Government suggest, re- garding naval armaments, that a prompt agreement on other mat ters and the embodiment of that agreement in a world-wide con- vention, would be of great assist- anco to naval discussions, as pro- posed in Articlo, 09.

The proposals, anys the memor- 'andum, are framed to moot the essential claims of all sides and to promote a general agreement.- British Wireless and Reuter.

DIED FOR SCIENCE. BALLONISTS PERISH IN

· STRATOSPHERE

Moscow, Jan. 31. "The bodies of the three air- men who yesterday made a re- "cord ascent into the strato- sphere, were discovered in the gondola of their balloon to- day.

The balloon descended atˆ `Potlusky, a village on the Moscow-Kazaba Railway, Fe

Their Instruments` showed that they had' ascended thir- teen 'miles-Reuter.

the land.

the first half, and Dill netted for the Naval side. In the second half DIII netted again to give the Lower Deck Mayfield in goal, was outstanding for the Lincolna, and Tarr and Bur dott played well for the Lower Dock ORDNANCE CORPS-

DEFEATED

The Royal Army Service Corps defeated the Royal Army Ord- manco Corpa in a friendly hockey match at Sookumpoo, yesterday by three goals to one

Senlor opened the score for the Service Corps and later added 'a second goal following good work on the right by Barlow, K

The second half commenced- with the Ordnance prossing atrongly which resulted in Law- lår scoring from close in, Play was rather even after, this, both sides missing opportunities fo

|

If praise would bring water back, or flattery soothe the dull, cold car of the Clerk of the Weather, the

Would be drought

shortlived. Pork, rabbits and beer have fallen from their high estate; men talk in terms of palls and cowls and pumps at their last gasp. To-day the followers of Mr. Hunks are pre- parod for a dry end to the world, the followers of Ephraim foresce an end to the drought. score when well placed.

The Service Corps wont further ahead when Senior scored his third goal from a moleo in the Ordnance goalmouth.

Sontor played his usual brilliant game, whilst Headland in the Ser-. vide Corps goal was very safe.

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